Julia Creek recorded its wettest day on record in the 24 hours to 9am Monday, with 127mm falling.

Carsland, north-west of Cloncurry also had record breaking rain with 298mm on March 3, up from the previous highest March rainfall of 207mm on March 5, 1954. It was also their wettest day on record, eclipsing the 223mm which fell on January 9, 1957.

Further south, Trepell Airport received 171.8mm on March 4, beating the previous highest March falls of 75.8mm on March 11, 2011 and the daily record of 96.4mm on January 28, 2012.

Winton Airport also had their wettest day in the 16 years that data had been collected, with 101.8mm falling in the 24 hours until March 5. The previous March and annual record was 100.8mm on March 10, 2016.

Hannah Hacon, of Granada Station about 100km north of Cloncurry recorded 275mm between Thursday and Monday and said the rain was still falling.

Their property was inundated after the Dugald River broke its banks after Corella Park, west of Cloncurry, received 433mm, including 12 inches on Friday night.

“It is unbelievable, we were all getting very, very concerned and sent cattle away on agistment thinking the rain wasn’t going to come in,” Mrs Hacon said.

“My husband grew up here and he said he had not seen a day like the last few days when it just rained so intensely.

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“Up until this widespread fall you’d look over and see a neighbour getting a storm and we weren't, it was not widespread and it was driving everyone nuts.

“It takes the pressure off immensely and we can go back to managing things the way we usually do, with grass.”

Disaster assistance has been made available for local government areas impacted by flooding including Burdekin, Charters Towers, Etheridge, Palm Island Aboriginal Shire and Townsville to aid the recovery.